PMID- 8827662
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19961226
LR  - 20191101
IS  - 0894-9867 (Print)
IS  - 0894-9867 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 3
DP  - 1996 Jul
TI  - Posttraumatic stress disorder, flashbacks, and pseudomemories in closed head 
      injury.
PG  - 621-9
AB  - Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is rarely diagnosed in patients with 
      significant head injury. This paper reviews two patients who were amnesic for 
      events surrounding their motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) but developed 
      delayed-onset PTSD. Symptoms included vivid images of the MVAs that were based on 
      information learnt following the trauma. These cases indicate that amnesic head 
      injured patients can suffer pseudomemories that are phenomenologically similar to 
      flashbacks observed in PTSD. Implications for understanding the nature of 
      flashbacks are discussed.
FAU - Bryant, R A
AU  - Bryant RA
AD  - School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Trauma Stress
JT  - Journal of traumatic stress
JID - 8809259
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/psychology
MH  - Adult
MH  - Amnesia/diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Awareness
MH  - Dissociative Disorders/diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Head Injuries, Closed/diagnosis/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Imagination
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mental Recall
MH  - Multiple Trauma/psychology
MH  - *Repression, Psychology
MH  - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/*psychology
EDAT- 1996/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF02103671 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Trauma Stress. 1996 Jul;9(3):621-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02103671.